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GRADING THE DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS UNITS AFTER THE SPRING GAME – AN Xs AND Os BREAKDOWN

[Editor’s note: After writing this post, and immediately prior to the closing of the spring transfer portal for non-graduates, CB Colton Hood and his brother, RB Brendon Hood, entered the transfer portal. Inexplicably, sources have told me that Brandon Hood was asked to leave and so he and his brother, Colton, both jumped into the […]

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BUFFSBLOG BITES: NEXT MAN UP AFTER ZACK OWENS DEPARTURE AND BASKETBALL NOTES

#75 Zack Owens is hitting the transfer portal. I audibly groaned when reading the news that offensive guard Zack Owens is entering the transfer portal. The former 4-star Clemson recruit, now 345 pounds (down from 375), was a star in the spring game.  He was a devastating run blocker and surprised with his ability to get

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BUFFSBLOG SPRING GAME NOTES AND TRANSFER UPDATE – AND IS CU NOW THE BIGGEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY?

We attended the Spring Game on Saturday and will have a full UFR (Upon Further Review) / strategies and tape breakdown of the game later this week. In the meantime, though, we wanted to give you our primary takeaway from the game: CU IS THE BIGGEST COLLEGE TEAM WE’VE EVER SEEN. By now, you probably

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HELLO! [….and goodbye…..] JAY GARDENHIRE – WELCOME TO THE BLACK AND GOLD!

[Editor’s note: This post was going to run on Monday. However, after the Spring Game this afternoon, Jay Gardenhire announced that he was going to enter the tranfser portal. Gardenhire must have heard that this post was going to run and so he decided to transfer so that we wouldn’t publish the post and he

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THE SPRING TRANSFER PORTAL GIVETH AND THE SPRING TRANSFER PORTAL TAKETH

Xavier Hill was on the Outland Trophy watch list last season. This past week I published “What We’re Hearing About the Offense” and “What We’re Hearing About the Defense” to detail how the team is looking in spring practice.  Those posts are going to be obsolete in another month or two. Deion Sanders, Transfer Portal Savant,

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THANK YOU

Thank you so much to each and every one of our incredible readers for helping us reach an exciting milestone yesterday: 1,000 daily readers for the first time! This achievement wouldn’t be possible without your continued support, engagement, and sharing of our content. We’re truly grateful for the community we’re building together, and we’re more

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COLORADO SPRING FOOTBALL 2025: WHAT WE’RE HEARING ABOUT THE DEFENSE

This is a follow-up to our earlier article about what we’re hearing about the offense this spring.  For that article, check out: Under the Deion Sanders regime, there’s a tight lid on information out of the Champions Center.   One source of information is the “CU Sponsored State Media,” ie Well-Off Media, Reach the People Media and Uncle

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SPRING ROSTER 2025 OVERANALYSIS (PT. 2 of 2): THE BIGGEST TEAM IN CU HISTORY, AND NOTES ON 2 NEW COMMITMENTS

The CU football staff finally put out the new spring roster (or, as we call it, the PHONEBOOK) and we here at BuffsBlog couldn’t be more excited!  This is part 2 of our over-analysis — for part 1 (where we look at all the freshman and transfers), check out: Now, for a few quick reminders: First,

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